Critical velocity in cylindrical Bose-Einstein condensates
Soft Condensed Matter
2009-10-31 v2
Abstract
We describe a dramatic decrease of the critical velocity in elongated cylindrical Bose-Einstein condensates which originates from the non-uniform character of the radial density profile. We discuss this mechanism with respect to recent measurements at MIT.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0004039,
title = {Critical velocity in cylindrical Bose-Einstein condensates},
author = {P. O. Fedichev and G. V. Shlyapnikov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0004039},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
3 pages, 2 eps figures, revised according to referee's comments